ESPN announcer doesn't know what division Auburn is in ·

05 Jan 2025, 00:00

There's been a lot of talk that Auburn should switch sides in the SEC, going from the West division to the East division to help balance out the two.

However, the Tigers haven't actually made that switch yet, perhaps unbeknownst to ESPN's Anthony Becht. During Auburn's game against Texas A&M, the AFLAC trivia question asked for which SEC East team was the last team to win the SEC Championship.

Becht earnestly guessed Auburn's team with Cam Newton.

The answer was the 2008 Florida Gators with Tim Tebow. As you can imagine, Becht took some flak for his answer.

Which was the last SEC East team to win title? @espn announcer guesses Auburn. Should be fired on spot. https://t.co/qsyzswGOHo

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 4, 2017

The ESPN trivia question was the last East team to win the SEC. ESPN announcer guesses Auburn. Huh?

— Jay G. Tate (@JayGTate) November 4, 2017

Did the ESPN analyst just guess Auburn was the last East team to win the SEC?

— Ryan Brown (@RyanBrownWJOX) November 4, 2017

Becht did say afterwards that ESPN doesn't feed them the answers to these questions, and he wasn't afraid to be wrong. Still not sure if he realized he was wrong because Auburn is — and has been — in the SEC West the entire time.

Perhaps just an honest mistake here; we all make them. But considering that this involved the team and conference he was covering at that exact moment, not exactly the best mistake to make on a nationally televised game.

He probably doesn't need to be fired, though, Clay Travis. That's a little over-the-top.

ESPN announcer doesn't know what division Auburn is in

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